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Open, machine-readable Bible texts in the public domain — 33 versions across 22 languages, with a consistent schema.

Each version is shipped in three formats:

• <slug>.json — the whole Bible in a single JSON file
• books/<OSIS>.json — one JSON per book, light and easy to stream
• <slug>.sqlite — SQLite database, indexed for fast queries

Plus a metadata.json per version with license, year, source, and stats.

Read these versions online: midvash.com — a free, ad-supported Bible reader in 9 languages, with search, daily readings, commentary, and AI study tools. This repository powers the underlying data.

// Fetch one book
const res = await fetch(
 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midvash/bible-data/main/versions/en/kjv/books/John.json'
);
const john = await res.json();
console.log(john.chapters[2].verses[15].text); // John 3:16

import json, urllib.request
url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midvash/bible-data/main/versions/en/kjv/kjv.json'
bible = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(url).read())
john3 = next(b for b in bible['books'] if b['book'] == 'John').chapters[2]
print(john3['verses'][15]['text'])

curl -L -o kjv.sqlite \
 https://github.com/midvash/bible-data/raw/main/versions/en/kjv/kjv.sqlite
sqlite3 kjv.sqlite "SELECT text FROM verses WHERE book_id=43 AND chapter=3 AND number=16"

The reader column links to that version's online interface at midvash.com.

For full licensing details and provenance per version, see SOURCES.md.

The data follows a single consistent schema across every version. Book identifiers use OSIS codes.

See SCHEMA.md for the full spec, including TypeScript types and SQLite DDL.

• 66-book Protestant canon (Old + New Testament) for translations.
• Original-language texts:
  • Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC), Aleppo Codex
  • Greek: Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550 / Scrivener 1894)
  • Latin: Vulgate, Clementine Vulgate

Modern translations with active copyright (NIV, ESV, NLT, NVI, NAA, ARA, RVR1960, Schlachter 2000, etc.) are not included. This repository ships only texts in the public domain or with an explicit free-redistribution license.

If you need a modern licensed translation, use the publisher's API or read it at midvash.com.

Spotted a transcription error, missing verse, or a new public-domain translation that should be added? See CONTRIBUTING.md.

To report content issues with the online reader, use the Midvash feedback form.

• Code (this repository's scripts and metadata): MIT — see LICENSE.
• Bible text data: each version's individual license, declared in its metadata.json and detailed in SOURCES.md. All included texts are public domain or under a free-redistribution license.

• Midvash — online Bible reader and study platform powered by this dataset, in 9 languages.

Data generated on 2026年05月12日. This repository is regenerated periodically.

Part of Midvash — a free Bible reading & study platform. Everything is open and interlinks:

_{Free & open, built by Midvash · midvash.com · midvash.app}